Entry № 380 · Sanskrit origin

Alankrita Alankrita — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-LAHN-kree-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Adorned / decorated"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "adorned / decorated".

Alankrita is from the Sanskrit Alaṅkṛtā. + Daṇḍin ~7th c. + Vāmana ~8th c. + Rudraṭa ~9th c. + Mammaṭa ~11th c. Kāvyaprakāśa central in Anandavardhanas Dhvanyāloka pan-Hindu aesthetic heritage.

Adorned / decorated — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अलङ्कृता
Transliteration
Alaṅkṛtā
Pronunciation
/ əˈlɑːn.kri.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Alankrita stands.

Alankrita does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Alankritas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Alankara-Shastra Bhamaha Dandin Vamana Rudrata Mammata / Anandavardhana
Sanskrit adorned decorated ornamented + alaṃ enough + kṛ to make + Alaṅkāra poetic-ornament + Alaṅkāra-Śāstra by Bhāmaha ~7th c. + Daṇḍin ~7th c. + Vāmana ~8th c. + Rudraṭa ~9th c. + Mammaṭa ~11th c. Kāvyaprakāśa + Anandavardhana Dhvanyāloka
Sanskrit poetics

Names connected to Alankrita.

The number behind Alankrita.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alankrita reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.